"hey honey." Keith said without getting up from the couch.
Veronica walked fully into the apartment followed by Weevil and Wallace.
"Hey Keith! Umm…I think it's time for me to head home."
"Goodbye Wallace." Keith waved with a smile.
"umm yeah…I think I should head home too. Goodbye sheriff." Weevil said nervously before practically running out of the door. Veronica shut the door behind them and tried to head to her room. Before she could move 3 steps, Keith called her over to the couch.
"yes daddy?" She said with a mock-smile.
"Sweetie, what did I say about hanging out with the local criminal element?" Keith asked with the same exact smile.
"nothing. You said not to smarten up the local criminal element. You said nothing about hanging out with them."
"sweetie…" he started, exasperatedly, but Veronica cut him off.
"Dad, he's not like that anymore. He doesn't lead them anymore. And he was a good friend even when he was in the PCH bike club." Veronica stated, trying to convince Keith that Weevil was a good friend, let alone a good boyfriend(A/N: Keith doesn't know that Veronica and Weevil are going out yet, he just knows that they are hanging out.)
"Sweetie, a leopard can't change his spots."
"yeah, but a person can change his way of life."
"Veronica, I trust your judgement of character, I just don't want you to get hurt being friends with a former criminal." Keith said sincerely to his daughter.
"Believe me dad, I can take care of myself, and even if I can't, Weevil wouldn't let anything happen to me. Trust me." She said happily. Veronica's eyes widened when she realized that she may have just let the fact slip that Weevil might care about her as more than just a friend.
"alright. Your eighteen now anyways. I shouldn't try to control your life anymore." Keith said. He sounded so depressed. I knew this would happen someday. I just never thought it would happen so soon. I'm losing my little girl.
As if she read his mind, Veronica said, "Dad, I'll always be your little girl. No matter where I am or who I'm with, you will always be my daddy."
After a hug and a kiss, Veronica stood up.
"where are you going honey?"
"well, as much as I love this father-daughter moment we're having, I'm tired. I was out all day with Weevil and Wallace." She said, followed by a yawn.
"okay honey. Good night." Keith walked over to his daughter and kissed her temple before heading to his own bedroom.
as Veronica shut the door behind her, she pulled out her cell phone and dialed the number that had embedded itself into her brain this past month.
"how did it go?"
"awww…waiting by the phone for lil ol' me?" Veronica said with a smile on her face.
"come on V. What did you tell him?"
"that you are a good friend, then and now. And that you would always protect me. I'm not one to lie to my father."
"I know, but you didn't exactly tell the truth now did you?" Weevil said sternly.
"what do you mean? Are you saying that you won't protect me from things that go bump in the night?" Weevil knew that she was just joking, but he didn't want that thought to ever cross her mind.
"I would protect you with my life baby, but you still didn't tell him everything did you?"
"no."
"look V, maybe it was a bad idea to go public…"
"Eli! Of course it was a good idea to go public with our relationship, I just want to let my dad tinker around with the idea of you as my friend first. We'll tell him. soon."
"if you say so V. do you want to do something tomorrow?"
"I would, if I didn't have a case to take care of." Veronica said disappointedly.
"ok, then I'll see you I guess. Bye."
"Weevil wait!"
"yeah?"
"today was a great first day." Weevil could hear the smile in her voice.
"yeah it was wasn't it?"
"thank you."
"for what V?"
"for making it great."
"bye baby."
"bye back."
Veronica hung up her phone and sat on her bed. Maybe I should have waited to tell dad before we went out together. NO! YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING! What if I'm not. THEN YOU CAN HANDLE WHAT EVER HAPPENS! BUT YOU ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING!
"I have got to stop talking to myself." And with that she changed and went to bed.
A/N: sorry for the long wait and short posting. And sorry, Keith can't find out about Veronica and Weevil just yet. You'll find out who the mysterious long blonde hair girl is soon. Thanks for the reviews!